ephor
pronunciation
How to pronounce ephor in British English:
UK ['efɔ:]
How to pronounce ephor in American English:
US ['efɔ]
Word Origin
- ephor (n.)
- Spartan magistrate, 1580s, from Greek ephoros "overseer," from epi- "over" (see epi-) + horan "to see," possibly from PIE root *wer- (4) "to perceive" (see ward (n.)).
Example
- 1. Although we don 't have a clear picture ofthe way in which they were chosen , it is clear that they were -- it looked it wassome kind of a combination of election and sortition ; there 's a strong elementof chance involved in selecting who was going to be an ephor .